Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) people may have up to 100 different personalities but that number is closer to 15, with this disorder the different personalities may have whole personalities with a different voice, clothing and characteristics that are very distinct for that personality. ... The characteristics of MPD and DID are that it affects persons that have suffered from trauma and abuse. ... Sybil suffered severe trauma and physical abuse from the hand of her mother, and without the protection of her father. ... They were both male and female and had many different stronger charact...

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Having no gender, it may have characteristics of a male or of a female. ... It creates them to assure the physical safety of the person, because a person who has had a traumatic experience may wish to commit suicide or harm themselves to deal with it. ...

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I realize the importance of the medical view and making the general public aware of the medical characteristics, however the chapters about the medical issues were not as interesting to me. ... Patty also exhibited physical symptoms too. ...

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